Sorcerer "Sorcerer (USA, Brainticket Records, BT001)"

Sorcerer is a Swedish epic doom band from Stockholm, which was founded in 1988, disbanded in 1992 and re-formed in 2010.

The original 1988 band consisted of bassist Johnny Hagel, drummer Tommy Karlsson and guitarist Peter Furulid. In 1989, singer Anders Engberg (Lion's Share) and a second guitarist, Mats Liedholm, joined the band. In the same year, the group recorded their first demo Anno 1503, of which 1,500 copies were sold, and the band played two gigs in Stockholm, the first with Count Raven and the second at a festival with other bands, including Entombed, Carnage, Therion and Mezzrow, all of which were playing their first show. In the same year the sampler Rockbox was published, including "Born with Fire". In 1990 Richard Evensand joined Sorcerer as new drummer. In 1992 Sorcerer recorded their second demo, The Inquisition, which included a demo version of the Rainbow song "Stargazer". Later that year, Hagel left the band to join Tiamat. Shortly thereafter, the band disbanded. According to Hagel, his departure was not the reason for the band's dissolution, but the lack of motivation and lack of time of the remaining band members. In 1995, John Perez of Solitude Aeturnus released both demos as a compilation on his label Brainticket Records, Brainticket's first release. Perez and Hail had known each other since the first Sorcerer demo.

Tracklist:

1. Premonition 00:41
2. The Sorcerer 05:00
3. Northern Seas 06:50
4. Queen in Black 05:15
5. Inquisition 06:42   
6. Wisdom 07:07   
7. Stargazer (Rainbow cover) 07:10
8. At Dawn 04:15  
9. Anno 1503 00:51
10. Born with Fear 05:17  
11. Dark Ages 08:40
12. The Battle 06:34   
13. Visions 05:21  

Time:     01:09:43  

- Tracks 1-2, 4-5 & 7 taken from the 1992 The Inquisition demo.

- Tracks 3, 6 & 8 taken from undisclosed sources.

- Tracks 9-13 taken from the 1989 Sorcerer demo.

- Tracks 10 & 11 are combined without indication by the track list & throws the numbering of the remaining tracks off by one.

Recording information:

Tracks 1-6 & 8:

- Recorded in 1992 at Studio 16, Stockholm, Sweden.

- Remixed at Sunlight Studios, Stockholm, Sweden.

- Produced by Sorcerer.

Track 7:

- Recorded & mixed at Studio 16, Stockholm, Sweden.

Tracks 9-13:

- Recorded at Studio 16, Stockholm, Sweden.

- Produced and co-mixed by Sorcerer.